The Dutch have fun with Katie Couric's strange comments about speedskating

Yahoo ^ | February 11, 2018 | Liz Roscher

[C19fan]

The NBC presenters have fulfilled every stereotype of the ignorant American.

[LibWhacker]

In summer us Dutch swim to work and grocery store via the canals. You’ll hear that next summer Olympics.

— Jos Duijvestein (@JosDuijvestein) February 10, 2018

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LOL!

[newfreep]

‘Why are they so good?’ you may be asking yourselves. Because skating is an important mode of transportation in a city like Amsterdam which sits at sea level.”

“As you all know, it has lots of canals that can freeze in the winters. So, for as long as those canals have existed, the Dutch have skated on them to get from place to place, to race each other, and also to have fun.”

[kearnyirish2]

So true; they are right to despise us in terms of education.

What a stupid b!tch...

[C19fan]

There are paintings at the National Gallery from the Dutch Golden Age of people skating.

[Hot Tabasco]

Their olympic ice fishing team is pretty darn good too.......

[BobL]

Fun beating her up, but during the Little Ice Age, that was about the only way to get around for most of the year...so there is some history there, similar to Scandinavians and skiing, and Kenyans and running.

[neverevergiveup]

Yes, I'd be inclined to give her a break, but then there's the ridicule she piled on Sarah Palin.

[RegulatorCountry]

Fair, unfair, never mattered to Katie Couric when she was heaping her own politically motivated scorn on anyone else, so have at it. She’s sown plenty, time to reap.

[Sirius Lee]

What a racket it must have been for all those Dutch running in their wooden shoes to beat up on Katie. CLOP CLOP CLOPPITY CLOP

[Nik Naym]

They wore wooden shoes in summer so they could float on the canals.

[a fool in paradise]

more FAKE NEWS (TM) from NBC.

How quaint.

How queer.

[a fool in paradise]

>>but during the Little Ice Age, that was about the only way to get around for most of the year...so there is some history there, similar to Scandinavians and skiing, and Kenyans and running.

So they are bred that way? it's in the Dutch genes?

[niteowl77]

Stereotypes... bah! My “Dutch” ancestors came from some Frisian islands, and there wasn’t much skating on the North Sea. Now if the Olympics ever had an event that showcased being dour and humorless...

[a fool in paradise]

It’s all the pot that they put in their pastries they eat in their coffee shops with breakfast every morning.

[marron]

Apparently, though, they do like to skate.

[BobL]

“...it’s in the Dutch genes?”

Maybe...

[Ann Archy]

LOL!!!

[Henchster]

I think you made Jimmy the Greek angry by posting Howard's pic:

[a fool in paradise]

Whoops, my bad. Misremembered it.